Hinge



March .1945- J. w. ASPENLEITER 2,371,729

HINGE Filed Jan. 6, 1944 JOSEPH W. ASPENLEITER ATTORN S Patented Mano, 1945 y t i I 1 a 1 i Aspenle'iter, Rochester 'hlflh,:assignor: 1 to Bausch &;Lomb OpticaLGompanyJtochesteI, i -1 i =N.;Y;, acorporation ofhlewl lopk; g l i t h f; 'Appilicationtlanuaryffi mas ria a Galas; (cilia-1591i"; t t it "invention relates to improvements 1 Otherdbjectsancl advantages oftheinvention' cases and more particularly to hinge constructions for cases formed from zylonitepCelluloi'd,

or other hon-metallic materials.

"Heretofore, considerable difiiculty has been experienced in obtaining a serviceable hinge for plastic cases which would be eflicient in per-l formance over-anextended periodof use. Plastic hinges were unsatisfactory for thetubular hinge member's-were easily broken by the hinge wire.

It has been proposed to mount metal hinges in the plastic cover and body of the casejbut due to the difficulty of securing a bond between'metaland'plastic by cementing operatins,these hinges ing the metallhinge to plastic strips and then cementing the .plastic stripsto the plastic'body and cover of 'the case. Although the -hinge may be secured Ltoflthe plastic @strips in" any manner insuringcitheifixed tiattaclnnent'aof the same; :in the:.preerr.ed tembodiment of the inventi'om the two metallic hinge 'Lleavesh'are secured town-e plastic strips by bending portions of the two parallel. edges 1 of veach leaf inwardly around a plastic strip and into recesses formed on'the inner mounting face of the strip. The strips are then preferably cemented to adjacent inner walls of the cover and bOdYOf. the case which joins the hinge and the case'as a unitary structure. l

It will be apparent that in thus mounting the I metal hinge in the plastic bodyand cover of the case, the structural strength of the metal hinge and therigid mounting of the hinge leavesto the plastic strips which are, in turn, securely bonded to the plastic caseinsures the service- "with; the life of the body and cover of the case.

nmay be readily formed and mounted in the body and cover of the case, substantial savings gralj therewith preventing movement of the v beyond a predeterminedextent.

ability of the hinge over a period commensurate I fixed attachment of the same, in the preferred embodiment of the invention, theleaves l2 and so, as the hinge structure of the present inventeetfectedin the manufacturing costs of plastic "1 preventany strain on the hinge by moveentl 'ofthe cover beyond limits fixed for its openi position, the hinge has stop means'in pintle lix 'The'leaflz is'fixed to a plastic strip notches on one of its edgesto provide spaced projections on these edges or the blanks; which same and the featuresthereof will appear'in shown'in'openpositionfi i receptacle 10. Theleaf I3 is .similarly attached- 1 tothe covera l l by engagement :of the leaf with I -tering' axially to receive the pintle l5xto pivotand I1 and also reversely turning inwardly the ho s-1 73097 and the .various a dvantages inherent: in a y more detailas this Specificationproceeds.

' "In-the drawingzf a i Fig. 1 is a perspective' j view oi-the case em bodyin'gthe present" invention, the *lid' being Fig. 2- is a front' viewoffthe hinge construetion of the present -invention and of the =case with the cover'partly raised andparts'ofthe case broken-away. Fi g'i 3 is a section nj line 3-3 of-Fig. 2. "Fig. *4 is an enlarged rear view of Pthe *hi'nge' andcase with parts broken away. 7 As. shown 'in the drawing; and more *particularly in Fig. 1, the case embodying the invention comprises a bodye or receptacle '40 of plastic material having a *cover l l 'of similar material." Uniting these #parts' is the improved hinge "construction 0f the present invention comprising two metallic 'hingeleaves t2 and jl3having tu'bu- -1ar members ll pivotally interconnected by a IE -adhesively connected to an inner wall of the i a strip l'l of plastic material adhesively con nected to an inner wall of the cover 72H adjacent theinnerfltvallof the receptacle lll. i

qIn :the ;.preferred;" embodiment of the inven-j tion, the hinge leaves l2 and I3 are formed of twoelongate blanks of metal, each of which has projections of difilerent widths. Thetubular hinge members I4 areformed by rollingalternate projections are so spaced-relative to each other i i on the opposed edgesof the blanks that the hinge members formed'theref rom may be brought into mating relation with their apertures regisally interconnect the hinge leaves. a t v Although the hinge leaves may be secured to i the plastic strips in any manner ensuringwthe l3 are secured to the plastic stripslfiand |'|,respectively, by crimping fthe remaining rojections on the hinge edge of each leaf inwardly to form fingers l8 disposed within spaced recesses formed a in the mounting face of eachof thestrips I6 opposed parallel edges of the leaves to form clamping members I9 engaging a recessed. edge extending longitudinally of the mounting faces of the strips I6 and I1. It will be apparent that the leaves 12 and I3 are thus securely held on the strips 16 and I! while permitting the mounting faces ofthe strips to be mounted flush with the adjacent inner Walls of the cover and body of the case respectively. 7 a v V After the leaves are mounted on the plastic strips I and 11, the hinge may be readily mounted in the body and cover of the case. For i' this purpose the plastic strips are preferably cemented'to inner walls of the cover and body of the case, or, if desired, the strips maybe integrally united to these walls of the case by heating the pla'stic strips and the plastic mounting surfaces of the walls of the case sufficiently to bond for zylonite, Celluloid, or other non-metallic cases.. Various modifications can, of course, be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scopev of the appended claims. 3 I claim:

' 1; A hinge structure for a plastic receptacle C and cover comprising a pair of plastic mounting the strips to the walls upon the application of f pressure. In either case the metallic hinge leaves 3 will be securely fastened to the cover and body of the case in a manner insuring the lasting serviceability of the hinge and the case, a c V To permit the case to be readily opened and closed, a spring 2| hooks into notches 23 formed in the outwardly disposed edges of the hinge leaves I2 and 13. It will be obvliousfrom this construction that when the ends of the spring cross the axis of the pintle 15, as shown in Fig. 1, the spring will tend toretain the coverin open position, while .onthe other hand, if thecase is closed so that the ends of the spring cross the axis of the pintle Win the opposite, direction, it is equally obvious that the spring will tend to keep the cover in closed position. f t I t i To hold the cover in a predetermined open position, stop membersare provided on.the hinge members for limiting the extent of movement of the cover relative to the receptacle .upon actua-, tion of the cover to an open position by the spring 2 I. For this purpose, and as shown in -Figs. 2 and 4, adjacent peripheral edges of two of the hinge members at each endiof the hinge are formed to provide interlocking stop members 26 and 21. It will be apparent that whenthe cover is raised the spring 2| will force the cover rear,-

wardlypf the receptaclen fl, until the stop memthe action strips having flat faces in contact with and adhesively attached to adjacent'flat walls of said receptacle and said cover; a pair of metallic hinge leaves mounted on said strips, each of said leaves having integral reversely formed spaced edge portions engaging edges of one of said mounting strips; a plurality .of spaced apertured hinge members formed on one of the edges of the leaves engaging said mounting strips for interconnecting said leaves; apintle passingthrough the apertures of said hinge members to pivotally interconnect sai d leaves; and stopmembers formed on at least two of saidhinge members for limiting movement of said cover to a predetermined open position. i

2, A hinge structure for a plastic receptaclev and covercomprising a pair of plastic mounting strips havingflat faces in contact with and adhesively connected to adjacent fiat inner walls of said receptacle and said cover; a pair of, metallic hinge leaves mounted upon said mounting strips,

each of said leaves having integral reversely formed clamping members on, one edge thereof engaging an edge of one of saidstrips; and reversely formed spaced fingers on an edge parallel .to the first-named edge forengaging the oppomembers formed betweenthe spaced fingers of each ofsaid leaves .for. interconnecting sai-d leaves; and a pintle passing through the apertures of said hinge members to said leaves;

pivotally interconnect JOSEPH wt ASPENLEITER. 

